Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Ääntäminen
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US:
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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- A prolonged cry, usually high-pitched, especially as of grief or anguish.
- Any similar sound as of lamentation; a howl.
- A sound made by emergency vehicle sirens, contrasted with "yelp" which is higher-pitched and faster.
Verbit
- (intransitive) To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
- (obsolete) To choose; to select.
- (intransitive) To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
- (intransitive) To make a noise like mourning or crying.
- (transitive) To lament; to bewail; to grieve over.
- (slang, music) To perform with great liveliness and force.
Esimerkit
- She let out a loud, doleful wail.
- The wail of snow-dark winter winds.
- A bird's wail in the night.
- The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.
- to wail one's death
- At Boston's Roseland, as "the Count's band was wailing," he grabbed Mamie, an avid dancer. The "band was screaming when she kicked off her shoes and got barefooted
- The band was really wailing as we quickly made our dance moves in a most provocative manner.
- We had a nondenominational wedding, with a bunch of great Sufi musicians really wailing, and my wildly enthusiastic mother in attendance.
- Wailed wine and meats
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | wailed | Imperfekti | wailed |
| Partisiipin preesens | wailing | Monikko | wails |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | wails | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | waileth (vanhahtava) |